Project Grant DESC0022488

Nanoionix, LLC received a $200,000 project grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a multifunctional ceramic coating for hydropower turbine components. The coating is designed to provide antifouling, erosion, and corrosion resistance properties to improve the durability and efficiency of hydropower systems. Nanoionix, LLC is a small business that specializes in engineered self-disinfecting...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to develop and evaluate novel oxidation- and erosion-resistant Tribaloy-based coatings made via a scalable, low-cost electro-codeposition process. The goal is to protect critical components in concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) systems, with the developed coatings expected to offer...

Oceanit Laboratories Inc. received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop the Hydrogen-Recovery Using an AI-ARC-Plasma Learning Operational System (HALO) for Oilfield Waste Transformation to Value Added Products. The project aims to utilize an artificial intelligence-assisted atmospheric radio frequency cold plasma system to transform oilfield waste into marketable byproducts. This work directly supports the mission of the...

Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 21, 2023 to develop structural components with corrosion resistant surface layers for advanced nuclear reactor systems. The grant is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $697,756 will fund research at the University of California, Los Angeles from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 to develop atomic layer etching processes for layer-by-layer removal of metal films. The research aims to gain a thorough understanding of plasma surface modification and self-limiting surface reaction mechanisms for industrially significant metals such as nickel and copper. The project will integrate computational chemistry modeling with...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $439,599.00 to the University of Oklahoma to conduct a fundamental study on the impacts of surface localized electric field on reaction engineering under atmospheric pressure nonthermal plasma. The research aims to improve a special type of chemical reaction that uses both plasma (an energized gas) and catalysts. Key objectives include designing new catalysts better suited for plasma...

Paradigm Emissions Technologies, Inc. received a $256,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funds research and development of a non-thermal plasma reactor system to destroy over 95% of particulate emissions from diesel exhaust. If successful, the technology has potential to reduce harmful particulate pollutants from diesel vehicle fleets...

Nanocoatings Inc. (NCI) was awarded a $249,949 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop wire-arc additive manufacturing and wire-arc thermal spray methods to clad nuclear-reactor materials. The one-year project period runs from February 21, 2023 through February 20, 2024 and will be performed in Rapid City, South Dakota. Under this award, NCI will work to advance additive manufacturing and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $13,249,999 to Pajarito Powder LLC to domestically produce oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts required to supply approximately 25% of the rapidly growing electrolyzer industry. The project aims to address limitations in Pajarito Powder's existing commercial batch process for...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,059,162 Cooperative Agreement to PPG Industries Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this project is to demonstrate PPG's platinum group metal (PGM)-free coating process as a viable means of producing porous transport layer (PTL) materials with high electrical conductivity, high corrosion resistance, and significant cost reductions for fuel cell...